Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News Archive

Research and International News
The Conversation: U.S. cuts to HIV/AIDS funding will be detrimental for vulnerable groups in Kenya
February 24, 2025 —
On his first day in office, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to freeze foreign aid funding. This was followed by a stop-work order for dozens of life-saving humanitarian programs.

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Rural RX
February 19, 2025 —
Alia Marcinkow [B.Sc./08, B.Sc.(Pharm)/14] puts the “community” in community pharmacist.

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UM professor creates novel podcast as resource for emerging scholars
February 14, 2025 —
A Rady researcher and faculty member, working closely with local radio station UMFM, launched a podcast designed as a resource for medical trainees and residents to help guide them on their journey to becoming a clinician scientist.

UM health researchers receive more than $9.6 million in federal funding
February 14, 2025 —
Health researchers at the University of Manitoba have been awarded more than $9.6 million in the latest round of project grant funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

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CBC Manitoba: Audit’s advice for Manitoba health-care agencies surprising, ‘ridiculous,’ says health finance prof
February 13, 2025 —
Health authorities 'should allocate the resources to what they need': Amin Mawani

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Meet the new Dean of the College of Nursing
February 12, 2025 —
On Feb. 1, Dr. Kellie Thiessen assumed the role of dean of the College of Nursing in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.

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UM celebrates largest nursing class at pinning ceremony
February 12, 2025 —
The College of Nursing held its largest-ever pinning ceremony on Feb. 5, welcoming 146 new nurses to the profession.

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UM-led study improves understanding of fatal brain cancer
February 11, 2025 —
A new study from researchers at the University of Manitoba’s Rady Faculty of Health Sciences has identified a possible treatment option and greater understanding of recurrent glioblastoma, a fatal form of brain cancer and the one that took beloved Canadian musician Gord Downie’s life in 2017.

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Winnipeg Free Press: Out of the cold – Raynaud’s Awareness Month
February 10, 2025 —
Decreased blood circulation leads to frozen extremities for people with Raynaud’s

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CBC Manitoba: U of Manitoba-led program tackling HIV in Kenya in jeopardy after Trump’s cuts to USAID
February 7, 2025 —
Climate initiatives halted as non-profits warn of growing humanitarian need